NEW YORK — Manchester United is the most valuable franchise in sports at $2.23 billion, according to Forbes magazine’s annual survey.

The English Premier League team, owned by the same American family that owns the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is ranked on top thanks to lucrative global sponsorship deals.

Second is another soccer team, Real Madrid, at $1.88 billion.

The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys are tied for third at $1.85 billion.

Rounding out the top five are the Washington Redskins at $1.56 billion.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New England Patriots are tied for sixth at $1.40 billion, followed by FC Barcelona at $1.31 billion, the New York Giants at $1.30 billion and Arsenal at 1.29 billion. The Dodgers recently were sold for $2 billion, the most for any professional sports team.

All 32 NFL teams made the list of the 50 most valuable franchises, with the Jaguars last among NFL clubs at $725 million.

Jaggernaut, I always liked it when the Jags wore all black. I'd like to see Nike design one Uni in all black with teal trim. I'd buy a black jags jersey. Incidentally, I still have one of the old design T-shirts with the Jaguar on it that the car company got so upset about. As long as the Jags win, the uni color isn't a big deal.

The new valuations for NFL teams for 2012 will be published by Forbes in it's September issue. The Jags will not be ranked "dead last" at 32 for 2 years in a row and should surpass the Raiders(31), Rams(30) and Bills(29) in valuations even though they are ALL considered by most insiders as teams most likely to relocate in 4 years. Bottom line is this, we need to win some games or our new owner Mr. Khan a successful billionaire, will sell this team in a few years with NO regrets.

He paid $760 million for the team and can relocate or SELL this franchise to the investors in LA who will easily pay far beyond market value from $900 million to $1.2 billion to have an NFL franchise in the country's second largest media market. Breaking the Jags lease is no problem to Khan if the team is not profitable.

And I'd wager that even a SB victory will not make a dent in that survey as it pertains to the Jags...Its all about perception. Right now the organization is considered a joke, a temporary. The team needs some good professional public relations firm to get the word out to the rest of the sports world.